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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-25
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Weeks. superintendent of DeKalb Paupe
Home:
From feeling of gratitude and a desire t.
benefit others, voluntarily make this state
ment have great reason to be thankful tina
l ever heard of B B. b. as know what a bless
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my head. In ten days after the commence
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that could not hear thunder
was then compelled to use conversation
tube and it was often that could not hear witt
the tube. | then commenced taking b. b.
and the running OF my ear ceased running III
five weeks, and can now hear without the tube
My general health has improved. palpitatior
ceased. and feel like a new being, and appre
ciate the benefit have received from b. b:
(made in Atlanta. Ga) with gratitude to Goo
medicine. cheerfully recommed it to oil wht
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persevere in It's use and y11 vii be GoRsnced
~ superintendent DeKalb Pauper Home.
Decatur, Ca, May l. 1856.
Bright's Disease.
Ihave been a sufferer from Kidney and Blad
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Rock Creek, Ala, May 4, 1886.
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Having purchased the excellent Livery of 8.
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splendid double and single teams.
Fine rolling stock of all kinds. and splendid
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Very respectfully,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-25
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EHAIS.
CASKETs AND COFFINS, from the most ex-
pens-ve to the cheapest, furnished at short
notice. This department is under the charge
MI. W. D. GAMBLER. a funeral director OF
30 years experience.
az Bodies preserved any length of time in
the hottest weather.
~ Ice Baskets and embalming fluids fur
nished on application.
Handsome Hearse in attendance. jly23
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anu uEing my experience to continually i'm
prove my fertilizer, as expect to make this
life long lsiness, and am determined to sci
the
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nR H, M. PATTERSON-offers his profess
sional services to the citizens OF stanton
SaOFFIcE-No. lib Main Street. opposite the
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~ "a EAST MAIN ST., STAUNToN, VA.
OFFICE HOURS Morning, to 10 O'Clock
Noon, to 3; Night, s to 8. J5d-Zm
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Farmers Who Made tha last

FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT. so as to be
ABLE TO DECIDE WHAT TO USE the COM
ing season.
The Bossier banner., 1887-10-06
POISON PURvEYORS.
Some of Those Who Flourished in the Eff-
teenth and Sixteenth Centuries.

Some of Those Who Flourished in the Fif-
teenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
The number of poison makers must
have been considerable. We come
across "Quelli dal venen,' who lived
on the Lago di Garda; the famous poi
son brewers, Peter Paul. of Padua;
Master John and Master Pichele, of
Vicenza. and "Nostro fidel Vilandri-
no. custodian of the garden of simples
at Padua. The poisons which these
masters made were of two kinds--slow
poisons ("Veneni tempo') and rapid
poisons, and the manner of administer
ing them was various. The method
most frequently in use was either poi
soned meat or poisoned drink; and we
have seen proof made of the "Vene-
mum edible and of the "Venenum
potable! upon two pigs in the presence
of the Ten. There were other modes
of poisoning, however, though they
were less commonly adopted. We find
instances of that favorite Indian
receipt, pounded diamond. Again, in
the year 1885, the French Ambassador
relates to the college an attempt on
the life of the King of France by means
of poisoned seals, which had effectually
killed three slaves on whom they had
first been tried. And in 1899 Caterina
Sforza, mistress of Forli, which city
Cesare Borgia threatened to take from
her, attempted to poison Alexander
vi by means of credentials which her
ambassador brought to his Holiness,
wrapped in scarlet cloth and placed in.
side hollow cane that they may not
kill the bearers These are cases Of
poisoning by touch. We hear also OF
proposals to poison by smell; of little
balls to be dropped on a fire, and
presently they will kill all who are in
theroom. Nothing strikes us as stranger
about these poisons than their inefficacy.
In the year 1914 we find Vilandrino,
one of the most famous masters in his
day, sent for and told that, as the fire
at the palace had destroyed the poison
cupboard and its receipts, he must
furnish some two or three more. and
must send in the receipts along with his
new poisons. Vilandrino produced q
poisoned water, but when this came te
be tried on certain Mustafa, he wal
none the worse for it. The Ten ordered
second dose; and after waiting eight
days with no more satisfactory results
they conclude in disgust that Viland.
rino's water is worth nothing, and sen6
him back TO Padua.-EdinbuYoh Re
viesp.
The Bossier banner., 1887-10-06
Fall Webworm.

This insect is well known and Y
but brief description. They hibea|
in the pupe stage. and the ins|
small white moth, comes forth nj
or June according to latitude. 4
eggs are deposited on the under
of q leaf in cluster. usually nes|
tip of branch. The larra hata|
July or August. They are quite
eral feeders, and attack forest
fruit trees almost indiscrimins|
The moths are seldom seen. as It'd
entirely at night. There Is bui
breed in the Northern States, and
in the South. The young vi
soon make their presence know
the very conspicuous web i
they throw over themselves
presence of this web in late sum
or fall is an unmistakablc s!gl
their indentity. They do not I
this protecting net at al da
growth, but extend it from bran
branch. taking in sometimes il
siderable portion Of one side
fruit tree under one net The
only the purple part Of ths ID
leaving the veins and under sua
scorched and scar behind them.
complete their growth during Sop
Der and October, varying With
tude, when they wander from ths
and soon drop to the earth 10 pu
under loose soil or rubbish Of
character.
1t is considered by many enton
gists and orchardists that cuttinI
the branches and completely de'
ing the larv@ in each colony b.
or some effectual means Is the
way to deal with them. TheJ
readily be destroyed by applgyi
blazing torch to the web. but this
fully as much injury as cutting !
the branch. and in unskillful !
may do much more. Paris
would likely be effective, but J
the whole colony can be 80 70
destroyed by cutting away the b
on which they are feeding, It y
seem to be the cheapest and best
edy.-Farnser's Home Journal
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care. bruising as little 4 n
Let them sun until late in a. i
noon; then haul to the plaes $ J,
pc banked. This place shon,a' a''' ! /
high ground. and light, we'll
soil II convenient Drive / ~ y
the ground. saw off about thu. .''
half feet high. Rake the seil !
circle round the stake. and a. tosa y \
to a sort OF ''circus ring.n IS : :.
diameter, with the stake IN tbs M N
Cover this bed with dry pine s.,,s
broom sedge a foot thick. p,s
potatoes around the stake, pil;ss n
up as steep as they can be- mad I \
until thirty or forty bushels are i.
Now cover with a thick coat : !,
straw or corn-stalks or other 4.
terial. disposing the stalks rs,,|
around the bank. If No corn
use boards, breaking joints e,,ss
Then cover the hill thus formed /
earth dug from immediatelv VI NJ
the base of the hill until several !.
thick. forming a trench
the base for drainage. 4
weather grows colder. iD..|
the thickness of the earth !.
hill until it attains a thickns.s :
foot or more before extrams
weather occurs. The points d n
served are: Dig when the cro,,
the potato is suspended finn
weather; cover with plenty oi m,,l
that will keep them dry and u N
uniform temperature. Shelters o,s)
hills are not needed If the dire
be followed. The thick coyerI,]
straw, or corn-stalks and eartb
prevent the potatoes from been
either too hot or too cold II
weather, or wet in rainy WI
Cover the apex with pieces Of bsa
a board. -SoutherB Culsivator
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HERE AND THERE.

English dairymen are nov 81
unanimous in the opinion that grd
oats is the best milk-producing I
ration known.
If tomatoes are bearing abuna
ly late in the fall, just before
the vines should be pulled "
hung in some dry. warm room.
fruit will continue to ripen for 81
weeks and in this way ripe, fre'|
matoes may be had until Decemp'
Di1ie Farmer.
Chickens change their ieas
several times, but April batcned
are not likely to have an aduls 7
at all the first year. II is oniy &
ems which lay in August or Scp'ss
that usually 60 into regular I'oa''
first year.-Farmer's Home sea
The Southern Planter. q
= a.
mond, Va. does not think that y
bees injure grapes. Tho fle
Farmer is convinced that = y
wasp, known in some sections =,
yelIowjacket is the pest ina. I.
such injury to grapes By pune's
and otherwise defacing them.
When a hen lays sheilesss
from inflammation of the oyldae
would be best to stop her layins
till well recovered. To DO th's
her three times a day, until sns
laying, "A pill made up OF one-ssl
grain calomel. Feed her on q
kinds of food.
The tobacco crop Is IN hkr
dition in the seed leaf States ~
ing nearly one hundred, eAssi
Wisconsin. The shipping saa
ting districts of the West p'a''
unprecedented report Of low X
ton; Tennessee, 10; Kentuess1 !
Ohio, IS; Indiana, 81; liila0,s
Missouri, 60. In view OF the nes', :,
duction in acreage, ,n'y q sn's. Z
ment of the usual crop maJ 4
peciel. The official inyitatioh :.
now in Progress, will detera's;, a',;,
thoritatively the breadth csp'
the present year.
The Bossier banner., 1887-10-06
Keeping Sweet Potatoes.

P,tatoes have no particular stage OF
growth at which they are ripe" but
will keep at any stage if dug when in
the proper condition-that is. when
the ground is dry and the tubers are
not in growing condition. Dig the
latter part of October, or the first
week in November, when the ground
is dry, if possible, at least before sec
ond growth sets in after rain about
the last week in October. Dig with
The Bossier banner., 1887-10-06
MlSCELLAN EOUS.

Montana is moving for the preser.
vation of her forests.
The best kind of parlor magic is
that which converts gloom into sun
shine.-E1change.
-Cranks are nuisances, but the farm
er's boy is apt to think the grindstone
crank the worst of the lot, about haying
time.
"A peach tree forty years old. at
Sonoma, CAL, has produced 250 pounds
offruit this season. Most of the peaches
measured over eight inches in circum-
ference.
Charles johnson, of Griffin, Ga,
says that he has cat that turned from
jet black to gray from grief at being
separated from his children, to whom
it was greatly attached.
-She-"Are you going to the picnic
Tuesday. George?" He-"O. yes"
She (with feeble NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
George?" He-.No; l shall take an
umbrella. "-PucE.
lii the early part Of the reign of
Henry VIII. Lord Chief Justice Reed
tried an action, when on circuit. in
which the jury was locked up, but be-
fore giving its verdict had eaten and
drunk. which all the members con-
fessed. This being reported to the
Judge. he fined them each heavily and
took their verdict
AT Parkersburg, W. Va, little
Lee boy found an old liquor barrel, and
amused himself by dropping lighted
matches through the vent hole. Pres
emily there was an explosion, and boy
and barrel were blown into the
branches of neighboring tree. The
boy was badly hurt and the barrel
ruined.
Considerable excitement has been
occasioned in Louisiana by the report
that leprosy existed at ST. Martinsville
in that State. The State board of
health has made an examination and
finds that five persons are suffering
from undoubted leprosy, while three
others are as yet in doubt.
"A one-legged beggar of ST. Louis
became 50 urgent in his requests for
aid that he was arrested the other day.
When the police searched him they
found fifteen tobacco bags in his pock-
cts and sewed to his ragged clothes,
and each bag contained some money.
| The total amount was $7441.
The Yezidis are the Kurdish "devil
worshippers. They have no ceremonial
ablutions, or attach no Importance to
them, and are allowed to use nothing
colored blue. They will not sit down
on sofa having blue tassel or enter
room containing an article of furni-
ture covered with blue cloth. Their re-
ligion prohibits them from serving as
soldiers, though there appears to be
nothing to prevent them from cutting
throats on their own account. Boston
| Globe.
In the Colorado desert, near Idaho
there is large bed of rock-salt, and
the Southern Pacific railroad, in laying
the track to the salt-bed, has been
obliged to grade the road for twelve
hundred feet with blocks of these beau
tiful crystals. This is the only instance
where road-bed is laid and ballasted
on salt. The sea which once rolled over
this place dried up and left vast bed
of salt nearly fifty miles long. The
supply is inexhaustible and the quality
excellent.-Public Opinion.
The Bossier banner., 1887-10-06

lls
Tell her to train up the boys whom we
have loved so well. Tell her we shall
meet again in the good land.
Tell her to bear my loss like the Christian n
wife of a Christian soldiers" and of Mrs.
Shelton, into whose face the convalescent
soldier looked and said: ssYour grapes and
cologne cured me-" Men did their work
with shot and shell, and carbine, and how.
itzer. Women did their work with socks,
and slippers, and bandages and warm
drinks, and Scripture texts, and gentle
strokings OF the hot temples, and stories
OF that land where they never have any
pain. Men knelt down over the wounded
and said: ION which side did you fight!''
Women knelt down over the wounded and
said: "Where are you hurt? What nice
things can make for you to eat? What
makes you cryW Tonight, while we men
are sound asleep in our beds, there will be
groaning down that dark alley; there will
be cries of distress in that cellar. Men
will sleep, and women will watch.
Again, woman has superlative right to
take care of the poor. There are hundreds
and thousands of them all over the land.
There is a kind OF work that men can not
do for the poor. Here comes q group of
little barefoot children to the door of the
Dorcas Society. They need to be clothed
and provided for. Which of these bank
directors would know how many yards it
would tafe to make that little girl q dress:
Which Of these masculine hands could fit
= hat to that little girls head? Which Of
these wise men would know how to tie on
hat new pair of shoes' Man sometimes
gives biz charity in rough way. and it
The Bossier banner., 1887-10-06

is now making it, and whenever you weep
tear he sets another gem in that crown; !;
whenever you have pang of body or
soul he puts another gem in that crown,
until, after awhile, in all the tiara there
will be no room for another splendor, and
God will say to his angel: ''The crown is
done; let her up that she may wear il.
And as the Lord of right
eousness puts the crown upon
your brow. angel will cry to nigel:
"Who is shes" and Christ win say; "T
will tell you who she is. She is the ont
that came up out of great tribulation, an !
had he-' robe washed and made white in
the blood of the Lamb"
And then God will spread banquet, and
he will invite all the principalities of
Heaven to sit at the feast; and the tables
will blush with the best clusters from the
vineyards of God, and crimson with the
twelve manner of fruits from the Tree of
Life; and waters from the fountains of the
rock will flash from the golden tank
ards; and the old harpers of Heaven
will sit there, making music with
their harps; and Christ will point you out
amid the celebrities of Heaven, saying:
"She suffered with me on earth, now we
are going to be glorifie together" And
the banqueters, no ongeE able to hold
their peace, will break forth with congrat-
ulation: ''HaiI! hail!" And there will
be handwritings on the wall-not such as
struck the Persian nobleman with horror
but fire-tipped fingers, writing in blazing
capitals of light, and love, and victory:
'sGod hnth wiped away all tears from
faceslu
The Bossier banner., 1887-10-06

Suuuculy. lou cOulu udTQly make up
your mind to pass through the street and
over on the ferry-boat. You felt every
body would be looking at you, and blam-
ing you, and denouncing you. You hast
ened home. You told your wife all about
the affair. What did she say? Did she
play the butterflys Did she talk about the
silks, and the ribbons, and the fashions?
No. She came up to the emergency. She
quailed not under the stroke. She helped
you to begin to plan right away. She Of
fered to go out of the comfortable house
into smaller one, and wear the old cloak
another winter. She was one who under
stood your affairs without blaming you.
You looked upon what you thought was a
thin, weak woman's arm holding you up;
but while you looked at that arm there
came into the feeble muscles of it
the strength of the eternal God. No
chiding. No fretting.- No telling you
about the beautiful house of her
father, from which you brought her, ten,
twenty or thirty years ago. You said !:
swell, this is the happiest day of my life.
am glad have got from under my bur-
den. My wife don't care, don't care.n
At the moment you were utterly ex-
hausted God sent q Deborah to meet the
host Of the Amalekites and scatter them
like chaff over the plain. There are some-
times women who sit reading sentimental
novels, and who wish that they had some
grand field in which to display their
Christian powers. Oh, what grand and
glorious things they could do if they only
had an opportunity My sister, you need
not wait for any such time. A crisis will
come in your affairs There will be a.
Thermopylss in your own household
where God viii tell you to stand. There
are scores and hundreds of households to-
day where as much bravery and courage
are demanded Of woman as was exhibit ed
Daily Republican., 1887-09-27
Tho Q. q. Wehrum.

The huge wooden schooner G. O..
Wehrum Was successfully launched q,
the yard of the Jackenn Il Sharp Oom
pany this morning. Q1its number OF
spectators were present. The launch
WAS 10 come off at 3 a. IN bat 90 the
tide was favorable II Was but 8.s5 when
the sound OF hammers began, and NJ
exactly 8 60 O'Clock the preJey hull slid
Gracefuby into the wxter. IA sbe began
TO move Mrs. Oavilier, wife Of the boat 8
captain, broke the customary bottle OF
wine over her bow ard ehristeped her
the @. U. Wehrun, and tugs and other
steam whistles blew their blasts Of vel
onme. The new Vessel is 1GG feet long,
36 feet beam ard 10 ieet depth OF hold.
She has TOM age OF 750. She will he
taken 10 she shears CT the Pueey B
Jones Company, where Ter three masts
will be placed In position. She will
then be brought to the Jackson &
Sharp Company's yards, where she will
be riHgsd By Arthur N. lay lor Of Phi,a.
delpkia. Her cabin will be nicely fitted
up In hard wood, and tho schooner will
be comp ieted In about two weeks. She
is named after one Of ber owners. O. M
Alcot & Co.. The large kindling wood
dealers of Nsw York. Her 6rst voyage
will be from Virginia 10 New York,
with cargo of wood. This firm have
several schooners engaged in this work.
The Wehium is No. 1l6, while the last
boat started by the jackson g Sharp
OonpHny is No. 1873. All ths inter n :.
ing numb bers have been completed by
the Arm since the Wehrum was started.
Daily Republican., 1887-09-27
Yesterday's Rife shooting,

The shooting at Hesldmoor was poor
ly attended yesterday. Two mem bers
Of Troop B took part in the military
badge match. The badge was again
won By j. W. Geyer. Troop BIS men
used their new carbines. which are very
accurate "shooters" when in trained
hands, but as this was the first time
either member had shot &C 200 yards
their records are not surprising.
Guyer's fine shooting WAS the event Of
the match, and he made by far the
finest score ever made by q member of
the militia In this State. The score OF
standard American target at 200 yards
out ot possible 100 points. FirSt ma,os.
II. Simpson SO, E. NJ. CLARK, &c, j. W.
Geyer mil, As, q. W. Q1iun mil. Is, r,
K Francis mil. 10 Second match, j.
W. oyer mil. 6y. E. NJ CLARK S8, Fl,
Simpson IS. Third match, j. W.
Geyer 81, E NJ. Clark 81, 81. Simpson
30
Daily Republican., 1887-09-27
Successful tournament.

A large number of enthusiastic spec
tAtors were present ct the opening of
the fall tournament Of the Delaware
Field Club yesterday. The grounds
were in frst class order and many fine
plays were made.
The preliminaries resulted as follows:
Davis beat j. E Smith, 2. 6; q, 1; 6, Q.
Bohlen beat johnson, 6, o; s, 8. Henry
beat Pennock, 8, c; 6, 1. A Smith,
Scott, Hsines, Csttell and Conrad. In
first round Davis beat Bohlen, o, 6; 6, 5;
8, 4. Cattell beat Oonrad, 5, 8; 6, A; 8,
8. Henry beat A. Smith, 8. 2; 6, q
Scott beat Haines, 8. 8; 6. 2. The second
round was not finished ON account of
darkness. Scott plsyed two sets with
Henry, resulting 4, 8; 6, 8. .Oattell
and Davis did not play.
The finals will be played between the
winners OF these two matches. Those
between Bohlen and Davis promises to
be fine contest, as Bohlen gives prom
ise of becoming o crack player. Play
will be resumed to-day at $50 p. m +,
doubles being called first. They will
include some very fine players, among
them Work and Smith, of Belmont, and
W. h. and A. H. Reeve, OF the Camden
Club. 1t Ia probable that the singles
will not be played off until Wednesday.
Daily Republican., 1887-09-27
Gettysburg or Pom a ar.

The com mittee OF the Select knights,
A. o. U. W., have made arrange meuts
to run q special train from De ware
City to Newark to connect with special
from Wilmington on Thursday, the 29,h
inst, thus giving the people along the
line CT the railroad IN opportunity to
visit these historical places for g. so q
round trip Train will leave Delaware
City at 6 10 .. m; Rey bold, Is; Cor
bett, 8 20; Porter's, 6 %; Glasgow, 6 28;
Kenney, 6.3l; Oooches, 8 SO; Wilson's,
8 SO, and arrive at Newark d A g. B..
Money, Of Delaware City, will look
after the train, and NO doubt It will be
well Iatronizsd.